Louis L. McAllister Photographs

Louis L. McAllister photographed people and places near Burlington, Vermont for 60 years. He was born in Columbus, Nebraska on October 16, 1876, the son of Julius S. McAllister (born 1841 in Lincoln, VT) and Rosette Gould (born in Vermont in 1851). Julius McAllister worked as a photographer and dentist in Washington D.C., Bristol, Vermont and Columbus, Nebraska. Around 1895, Julius, his third wife Amy, and their children left Nebraska for the Union Soldiers’ Colony in Fitzgerald, Georgia. By 1900, Julius and Amy were divorced, and Amy and her stepson Louis were working as photographers in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1907 Louis McAllister married Cora Shepard (born about 1872 in Vermont) in Holland, Michigan. By 1910, they were living in Queen City Park in South Burlington, Vermont, where Louis established a photography studio. The McAllisters moved to Burlington, and by 1919 they lived at 47 N. Winooski Avenue. They continued to occupy a summer cottage at Queen City Park, and were active in the Queen City Park Association, which held spiritualist camp meetings annually. McAllister conducted his photography business from home until his death in 1963. McAllister’s “trademark” was his panorama camera which made him familiar to all sorts of groups ranging from graduating classes to state police to summer camp groups. In addition he did print 8 x 10 photos, many of which document building construction and Burlington Street Department projects, as well as group and individual portraits. The L.L. McAllister Collection includes portraits, construction projects, buildings, businesses and events in the Burlington area covering the period ca. 1920-1960. The collection also includes photos of street, bridge, airport and sewer construction and repair, as well as group portraits of clubs, schools, etc. Revised April, 2010

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290 Burlington (Vt.). 147 Buildings. 84 Stores, Retail. 83 Employees. 56 Street photography. 51 Machinery. 47 Men. 41 Portrait photography. 38 Interior architecture. 37 Advertising. 32 G.S. Blodgett Corporation. 32 Service stations. 28 Automobiles. 28 Vermont Structural Steel Corporation. 26 Construction projects. 23 High school students. 23 Trucks. 20 Burlington (Vt.) Dept. of Streets. 20 Construction workers. 20 Department stores. 20 Women. 19 Architectural photography. 13 S.S. Kresge Company. 12 Family. 11 Burlington Memorial Auditorium (Burlington, Vt.). 11 Offices. 10 Winooski (Vt.). 9 Black Cat Cafe (Burlington, Vt.). 9 Dwellings. 9 Restaurants. 8 Exhibit booths. 8 Exhibitions. 7 Auditoriums. 7 Boats and boating. 7 Burlington High School (Burlington, Vt.). 7 Drugstores. 6 Bank buildings. 5 Beauty operators. 5 Painting. 5 Penick & Ford Ltd. Inc. 5 Sheldon Academy of Beauty Culture (Burlington, Vt.). 4 Convenience stores. 4 Cosmetics. 4 Dolls. 4 Street-railroad tracks. 4 Trailers. 3 A.M. Kidder & Co., Inc. 3 Animals. 3 Billboards. 3 Boys. 3 Church buildings. 3 Gas ovens. 3 Manufacturing and Tool Corp. 3 Railroad tracks. 3 Refrigerators. 2 A.D. Pease Grain Co. 2 Airplanes. 2 Burlington International Airport. 2 Champlain, Lake. 2 Cows. 2 First Baptist Church (Burlington, Vt.). 2 Furniture. 2 Hotels. 2 House furnishings. 2 Landscape photography. 2 Oil storage tanks. 2 Puppets. 2 Stoves. 2 Toys. 2 Van Ness House. 1 Burlington Federal Savings. 1 Burlington Rapid Transit Company. 1 Buses. 1 Children. 1 Christmas greens. 1 Dairying -- Equipment and supplies. 1 Farms. 1 Flowers. 1 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Horses. 1 Infants. 1 Mallets Bay (Vt.). 1 Railroad trains. 1 Snow removal. 1 St. Albans (Vt.). 1 Street signs. 1 Strong Theater (Burlington, Vt.). 1 Tank trucks. 1 Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery. 1 Theaters. 1 Urban parks. 1 Vergennes (Vt.). 1 Vergennes Inn (Vt.). 1 Wreckers (Vehicles).

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Miniature of Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
Stores - Sherwin-Williams Paints (Burlington, VT)
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    • Date Created: undated
    • Description: T.S. Peck Insurance Agency 154 College Street : Several cars parked in front of three College St. businesses: Sherwin-Williams Paints (152), T.S. Peck, and Agel Corman furniture. Photo is taken from City Hall park.
    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
    Miniature of Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
    Stores - Singer (Burlington, VT)
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      • Date Created: 1953
      • Description: 1953 back lot of Singer Sewing Machine Store, 23 Church St., Burlington, Vt.
      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
      Miniature of Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
      Stores - F.W. Woolworth (Burlington, VT)
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        • Date Created: 1949-1950
        • Description: 37-39 Church Street. Typical 5-and-dime merchandise in this interior photo of F.W. Woolworth Co. on the corner of Church and Cherry St., Burlington, Vt.
        • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
        Miniature of Stores - Hudson Hosiery Co. (Burlington, VT)
        Stores - Hudson Hosiery Co. (Burlington, VT)
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          • Date Created: 1952
          • Description: Some amorphous display of apparel and accessories for women, perhaps decorated for the Christmas shopping season. Hudson Hosiery was locates at 69 Church St.
          • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
          Miniature of Machinery
          Machinery
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            • Description: View of a room with Cooper Bessemer machinery at Penick & Ford. Noted as being the country's third largest maker of corn products in 1931. See also mcalA14F14i03
            • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
            Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
            Kresge's (Burlington Store) - exteriors, excavation, construction
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              • Date Created: 1955-04-20
              • Description: April 20, 1955. Construction of S.S. Kresge Company store #397 on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. W. C. Calhoun, supt. Seen is a large open ground area with timber supports on the perimeters. Workmen to the far right on upper levels.
              • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
              Miniature of Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
              Kresge's (Burlington Store) - interiors
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                • Description: Interior view of the newly remodeled S. S. Kresge Company department store on Church Street, Burlington, Vermont. Seen here is the Hardware Dept. with hand tools and nearby rows of paint cans. A sign reads "Save Money, Have Fun, Do-It-Yourself, Have the Tools to Work With". Probable date 1955.
                • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                Miniature of Sewer Tile Construction Plant
                Sewer Tile Construction Plant
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                  • Date Created: 1936-03-04
                  • Description: March 4, 1936 (1937?) This view shows the asphalt mixer scales, asphalt bucket, etcx85 used in weighting and mixing the concrete for the manufacture of the reinforced concrete sewer tile. All aggregates were heated in the dryer, screened into bins, and batched by weight. Also seen are bags of Lone Star cement. See also mcalA17F02i11
                  • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                  Miniature of Burlington Streets: North Street
                  Burlington Streets: North Street
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                    • Description: Undated view (may be 1930s, 1940s) of North Street looking west. Retail stores line both sides of the street. Extreme left is Turner's Drug Store. Bloomberg's Shoe Store is at 191 North St. The tower further along the street on the left is the old Lawrence Barnes School (built 1896, torn down 1957-1958) between Rose and Murray Streets. On the right is Mazel's Department Store at 194 North St.
                    • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs
                    Miniature of Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
                    Burlington Streets: Riverside Ave.
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                      • Description: Undated photo (1929 or early 1930s?) of soil embankment along Riverside Ave showing portion of a timber barrier constructed by the city street dept. The Fairview Garage is in the background to the right at 110 Riverside Ave.
                      • Parent Collections: Louis L. McAllister Photographs